Gnizmo said:
Perceived release dates are absolutely meaningless. How on Earth can you claim otherwise? The majority of fans wanted a 2009 release for Zelda Skyward Sword but now it is in 2011. Does this mean the game has been horribly delayed? Why is the release window demanded by someone who neither works on the game, nor has any real idea of how much more work needs to be done is beyond meaningless. Started development last gen? FFXIII jumps to mind. Too Human was in the works since forever and a day as well. I could probably throw out a few more as well if I started looking through the PS3 big budget library. Gigantic block busters planned for a system that has less than half the expected user base will get put at a much slower pace to make sure the install base is at a level to perform adequately. The bigger point is that PD is not your bitch. They are not working for you, nor do you have the power to set a deadline for them. That is a purely internal affair. Unless you are a major stock holder, or are on the board you have absolutely no say on when the game comes. They never promised you the game before November of this year. Not once. No matter how self important random people on the internet feel they have neither the ability, nor right to arbitrarily decide when the game should come out. |
Well yes. If anyone didn't buy Too Human or FFXIII or don't buy Zelda... they are totally within their rights to not buy it. Too Human is actually the perfect freaking example... and in fact, lots of people AREN'T going to buy it. Just like how a bunch of people AREN'T going to buy Duke Nukem forever who would have otherwise.
They actually are working for the customers... because you know, the cusomters buy the product... and it's up to them why they do are don't.
The only people in this thread who are acting self important are the people who think they have the magical right to detirmine who is a fan and who isn't a fan.
So if it's a steakhouse and it takes them a day to get you your stake it's ok, because it doesn't imply "fast" food. Just that you'll get it at some time?
Development times this long are in fact, a huge outlier.
Don't be surprised when people get frustrated enough to where they eventually give up on something because it's just taking too long.